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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
PROFESSOR: ROYAL W. SoRENSEN
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: FREDERICK C. LINDVALL, S. STUART MACKEOWN
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: FRANCIS W. MAXSTADT, WILLIAM H. PICKERING.
UNDERGRADUATE SUBJECTS
EE. 2 a, b. Electrical Machinery. 9 units (3-0-6); second and third terms.
Prerequisites: Ma. 2 a, b, c, d; Ph. 2 a, b, c, d.
A study of electric and magnetic circuits, electromagnets, direct and alternating
current machinery and apparatus. Numerous problems relating to circuits and
machinery are solved.
Texts: Electrical Engineering, Christie; Problems in Alternating Current Machinery,
Lyon.
Instructors: Maxstadt, Pickering.
EE. 3 a, b. Electrical Machinery Laboratory. 6 units (0-3-3); second and
third terms.
Prerequisites: Ma. 2 a, b, c, d; Ph. 2 a, b, c, d.
Use of measuring instruments, operation of direct current and alternating current
machinery and determination of their characteristics.
Text: Laboratory notes.
Instructors: Maxstadt, Worcester, Zarem, Feiker, Shelton, Alcock.
EE. 6 a, h. Electrical Engineering. 6 units (2-0-4), second term; 9 units
(3-0-6), third term.
Prerequisites: EE. 2., b; 3a, b.
Windings, special characteristics, graphical methods, commutation, machine
reactances, and short circuit currents. System stability; short transmission lines.
Texts: Electrical Engineering, Christie; Problems i1t Alternating Current Machinery,
Lyon.
Instructors: Lindvall, Maxstadt.
EE. 7. Electrical Engineering Laboratory. 9 units (0-3-6); third term.
Prerequisites: EE. 2a, b; 3a, b; Ph. 7.
A continuation of EE. 3 and 5. Efficiency tests of alternating current machinery.
Graphic analysis of alternator performance; operation of transformers, alternators
and direct current machines in parallel; communication circuit testing; use of
electronic devices; writing of engineering reports.
Text: Laboratory notes.
Instructors: Maxstadt, Feiker, Shelton.
EE. 8. Direct Currents. 7 units (3-0-4); first or second term.
Prerequisites: Ma. 2 a, b, c, d; Ph. 2 a, b, c, d.
An abridged subject in direct currents and direct current machinery designed to
acquaint in an objective manner students, not majoring in electrical engineering,
with electrical theory through its practical applications to circuits and machines.
Text: Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering, Gray and Wallace.
Instructors: Maxstadt, Pickering, Worcester.
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